TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence for the lateral intraparietal area as the parietal eye field
AU - Andersen, Richard A.
AU - Brotchie, Peter R.
AU - Mazzoni, Pietro
PY - 1992/12
Y1 - 1992/12
N2 - It has long been appreciated that the posterior parietal cortex plays a role in the processing of saccadic eye movements. Only recently has it been discovered that a small cortical area, the lateral intraparietal area, within this much larger area appears to be specialized for saccadic eye movements. Unlike other cortical areas in the posterior parietal cortex, the lateral intraparietal area has strong anatomical connections to other saccade centers, and its cells have saccade-related responses that begin before the saccades. The lateral intraparietal area appears to be neither a strictly visual nor strictly motor structure; rather it performs visuomotor integration functions including determining the spatial location of saccade targets and forming plans to make eye movements.
AB - It has long been appreciated that the posterior parietal cortex plays a role in the processing of saccadic eye movements. Only recently has it been discovered that a small cortical area, the lateral intraparietal area, within this much larger area appears to be specialized for saccadic eye movements. Unlike other cortical areas in the posterior parietal cortex, the lateral intraparietal area has strong anatomical connections to other saccade centers, and its cells have saccade-related responses that begin before the saccades. The lateral intraparietal area appears to be neither a strictly visual nor strictly motor structure; rather it performs visuomotor integration functions including determining the spatial location of saccade targets and forming plans to make eye movements.
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U2 - 10.1016/0959-4388(92)90143-9
DO - 10.1016/0959-4388(92)90143-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 1477549
AN - SCOPUS:0027033425
SN - 0959-4388
VL - 2
SP - 840
EP - 846
JO - Current Opinion in Neurobiology
JF - Current Opinion in Neurobiology
IS - 6
ER -